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Spotlight on warehoused refugees in Algeria
More than 90,000 Sahrawi refugees continue to languish in crowded refugee camps in southwestern Algeria in a desolate area of the Sahara Desert known as "the Devil's Garden." These men, women, and children subsist on rations of lentils, rice, and bread from the international community.
Many have waited in these camps for 30 years or more. This is no way for human beings to live.
USCRI proposed an alternative. Read Stonewalling on Refugee Rights: Algeria and the Sahrawi.
Take action for warehoused refugees like the Sahrawi.
Take a first-hand look at the meager living conditions of the Sahrawi refugees by viewing this slide show.
Click the image below to view a larger map of the Western Sahara.
Spotlight on warehoused refugees in Algeria
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| Sahrawi refugees are among the longest warehoused refugee groups in the world. Some have languished in remote refugee camps for 30 years or more. More than 90,000 refugees wait year after year in the desolate Sahara Desert of southwest Algeria. |
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| Warehoused Sahrawi refugees subsist mostly on rice, lentils, and bread. Many suffer chronic malnutrition. As a result, nearly half of the children under five have diarrhea and report difficulties breathing. |
Many have waited in these camps for 30 years or more. This is no way for human beings to live.
USCRI proposed an alternative. Read Stonewalling on Refugee Rights: Algeria and the Sahrawi.
Take action for warehoused refugees like the Sahrawi.
Take a first-hand look at the meager living conditions of the Sahrawi refugees by viewing this slide show.
Click the image below to view a larger map of the Western Sahara.
